The Tall Target

• 6.9 Thriller
• 1951-08-17
• 78 minutes mins

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

Starring:

Dick Powell (John Kennedy) Paula Raymond (Ginny Beaufort) Adolphe Menjou (Caleb Jeffers) Marshall Thompson (Lance Beaufort) Ruby Dee (Rachel) Richard Rober (Lt. Coulter) Leif Erickson (Stranger) Will Geer (Homer Crowley) Florence Bates (Mrs. Charlotte Alsop) Erville Alderson (Minister (uncredited))

Director:

Anthony Mann

Writer:

Art Cohn George Worthing Yates